Many children with sensory processing disorder start out as temperamental who gradually become agitated as they get older. These children are frequently unable to cope with change. They may have frequent outbursts or meltdowns. However, therapists can diagnose a sensory processing disorder before the symptoms become severe enough to interfere with normal functioning and disrupt daily life.
Our Program
At SAND, we are providing the latest updates on evidence-based practices in sensory integration therapy.
Our occupational therapists are highly qualified, skilled and internationally certified in this field. Our prime Occupational therapist, MD. Aminul Hoque Chowdhury has to get licensed by CLASI, to conduct EASI & SIPT Test
Occupational therapy assists with daily activities and the proper use of ordinary objects, such as learning to button a shirt or hold a fork correctly. It can, however, be tied to school, job, or leisure. The focus is determined by the child’s requirements and objectives.
Our occupational therapists collaborate with parents, teachers, and other professionals as part of a team. Then we assist the autistic child in establishing specific goals. These objectives frequently include social interaction, behavior, and academic success.
Our occupational therapists in Sand can assist in two ways: examination and therapy.
The therapist observes children to see if they can perform actions that are expected of them at their age, such as dressing or playing a game. The therapist may have the child recorded throughout the day to observe how the child interacts with people and objects. This assists the therapist in determining the type of care the child requires.
During the examination process, our experts look at,
⮚ Sensory Profile
⮚ Sensory reactivity
⮚ Sensory discrimination problems
⮚ Fine skills social and communication skill training
⮚ Responses to touch or other kinds of stimuli
⮚ Motor skills like posture, balance, or manipulation of small objects
⮚ Aggression or other types of behaviors
⮚ Interactions between the child and caregivers.
Pediatric speech therapy is available at SAND for children of all ages. Our trained speech language pathologists, also known as speech therapists, work closely with your toddler or child to assess their ability to speak and understand others correctly before developing customized therapy sessions based on each child’s specific speech and language goals.
Children are frequently treated one-on-one or in small groups at SAND. To build language skills, language activities frequently involve the use of picture books, talking and playing, and repetition. The therapist demonstrates how to say the word or make the sound to the child. They might even show you how to move your tongue when saying certain words.
For children who have trouble swallowing or eating, speech therapy sessions include oral feeding and swallow therapy. To strengthen the jaw, the therapist may massage the face and perform tongue, lip, and jaw exercises. They introduce food at various temperatures and textures to increase the child’s awareness of sensation differences.
Our pediatric physiotherapists help children improve their flexibility, strength, and endurance by teaching them motor skills such as mobility and functional independence. A wide range of therapeutic approaches are used, including neurodevelopmental techniques and play-based exercise. In addition to therapy, our Physiotherapists recommend mobility and postural support equipment. Positioning and handling through play, as well as specific exercise programs, may be included in treatment programs. Ideally, the treatment program is integrated into the child’s daily routine.It is critical that the child, parents, caregivers, and physiotherapist work as a team.
Our private physiotherapy service is available to families looking for additional input/advice for their babies and children. This service is for children with cerebral palsy or another movement disorder whose primary difficulty is with motor function. A family member refers to this service, and initial assessments are scheduled to determine suitability for the service. If necessary, treatment sessions will be planned and goals will be established in collaboration with the individual and their families.
Good ABA programs for autism are not “one size fits all.” ABA should not be viewed as a canned set of drills. Rather, each program is written to meet the needs of the individual learner.
The goal of any ABA program is to help each person work on skills that will help them become more independent and successful in the short term as well as in the future.
A qualified and trained behavior analyst (BCBA) designs and directly oversees the program. They customize the ABA program to each learner’s skills, needs, interests, preferences and family situation.
Treatment goals are written based on the age and ability level of the person with ASD. Goals can include many different skill areas, such as:
The instruction plan breaks down each of these skills into small, concrete steps. The therapist teaches each step one by one, from simple (e.g. imitating single sounds) to more complex (e.g. carrying on a conversation).
The BCBA and therapists measure progress by collecting data in each therapy session. Data helps them to monitor the person’s progress toward goals on an ongoing basis.
The behavior analyst regularly meets with family members and program staff to review information about progress. They can then plan ahead and adjust teaching plans and goals as needed.
Oral Placement Therapy is a speech therapy which utilizes a combination of: (1) auditory stimulation, (2) visual stimulation and (3) tactile stimulation to the mouth to improve speech clarity.
OPT is an important addition to traditional speech treatment methods for clients with placement and movement deficits.
It is a tactile-proprioceptive teaching technique which accompanies traditional therapy. Traditional therapy is primarily auditory and visual.
Clients with motor and/or sensory impairments benefit from tactile and proprioceptive components because speech is a tactile-proprioceptive act.
OPT is used to improve articulator awareness, placement (dissociation, grading, and direction of movement), stability, and muscle memory; all of these are necessary for the development of speech clarity.
OPT can be used with clients of many ages and ability levels. It can be incorporated into program plans for many types of speech disorders (e.g., dysarthria, apraxia of speech voice disorders, fluency disorders and post CVA clients, as well as clients with mild-to-profound levels of hearing loss).
Many of the clients who require these techniques have often received traditional auditory and visually based speech facilitation for a number of years, with minimal success. No one is at fault for the client’s difficulty in learning to produce target speech sounds.
Traditional speech facilitation has not been effective with these clients because there may be a movement or placement disorder. So, before introducing any of the OPT techniques, the client’s motor functioning for speech and feeding should be thoroughly assessed.
